Newcastle fans understandably doubt him, after all, his performance on the court has made him called "the greedy guy" by fans. The only thing that proves Isaac is in is a six-year contract that he is now trying to terminate in three years.
What is the promise Isaac said? When and who made these promises? He did not provide any specific information, but only vaguely mentioned that there had been some "closed-door meetings" agreements in Newcastle about his future. This negotiating stance is obviously not strong enough, and Newcastle quickly issued a statement denied that he had promised to allow him to leave this summer.
This is another misjudgment for the once respected but now widely reprehensible striker. His dramatic remarks on social media sound more like a hostage begging for release than a regular dissatisfied employee. People will naturally feel despised: How could a life of £120,000 a week be imprisoned, especially if he refuses to participate in the competition? Teens are more mature than them when they break up with their first love.
As the farce continues, one can't help but ask why Liverpool would be willing to spend more than £130 million to sign such an ungrateful person. If Isaac could be so naive in a club and refuse to follow the most basic standards, he would have shown the same willfulness elsewhere.
The same logic applies to Newcastle's pursuit of Jorian Visa. Visa's behavior in Brentford was exactly the same as Isaac, and his loyalty to his supporters had long disappeared. Not only did he return from Portugal's pre-season training camp early, he also threatened that he would no longer train if he was not allowed to transfer to Newcastle. He also joined Isaac's social media war, deleted all club photos and set his avatar to black. Really, some teenagers are more mature than them when they break up with their first love.
Eddie Howe deserves sympathy. He wants to avoid angering the team's top scorer (all goals against the "six giants" last season and scored the winning goal against Liverpool, helping Newcastle win its first domestic championship in 70 years), but also calm the anger of fans. So far, his approach, not to participate in the Isaac incident, is to prevent the negative emotions of the Swedes from affecting the team atmosphere, but at the same time keeping the door open, very appropriate.
But you want Premier League coaches to handle the willful behavior of star players like Brian Clough. Someone asked Claff, "How do you react when your player says 'Boss, I think you're doing something wrong'?" Claff replied, "I would ask him what he thinks should do, and then we discuss for 20 minutes, and finally decide I'm right."
In the past, this management philosophy was the norm for top football management. Unfortunately, today's high player salaries and a large number of agents and middlemen ensure that the balance of power has become significantly biased towards players.
Isaac knew he was too important to be fired, so he could perform these pathetic tricks to the fullest. And a person as upright as Hao can only endure such behavior, even if it weakens his authority. Even more annoying is that Isaac lacks the courage to submit a formal transfer application, but chooses to hide behind the vague statement that the so-called "promise is broken."
In many ways, this is a fable of modern football. You hope Newcastle can teach him a lesson by strictly enforcing the terms of the contract, but in the end they will find a way to re-accept him, even after he commits all kinds of bad behavior. Also be careful about those remarks that he has broken with the fans.
If the transfer to Liverpool fails, as long as he scores a few more key goals, Newcastle fans will forgive him. This is the nature of football, and superstars can abandon all professional ethics because the services they provide make them almost unreproached.